Simple RAW Camera vs Bowline Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple RAW Camera
Capture professional-grade photos with RAW image support, offering Apple ProRAW or Adobe DNG formats. Easily share your high-resolution images via email or file sharing with your computer.
- RAW image capture
- Apple ProRAW support
- Adobe DNG format
- HEIC capture
- Email file sharing
- Mac/PC file sharing
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This is the simplest but professional use camera. RAW capture available, file format is Apple ProRAW or adobe DNG. Apple ProRAW format is available for iPhone 12 Series and later. Once you capture photo, then you can send raw file through mailer. Or File Sharing is available where your iPhone and Mac/PC connected. Open Finder to find your iPhone, then you can drag and drop to pull RAW data. And also, HEIC capture is available.
Bowline Sync
Automatically geotag photos from your Ricoh GR camera and import them into Apple Photos. This app keeps your data private and your originals untouched, offering remote shutter and camera status updates.
- Automatic geotagging of photos
- Direct import to Apple Photos
- Remote shutter control
- Live camera status monitoring
- On-device data processing
- Preserves original photo files
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Bowline pulls photos off your Ricoh GR, geotags them automatically, and saves them to Apple Photos. Everything happens on your device. No account, no analytics, and your data stays yours. The GR III has no built-in GPS. Bowline fixes that without changing how you shoot. SHOOT LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO Pair once and Bowline stays quietly connected while you shoot. Live battery, storage, and camera status on your phone, and a remote shutter when you want it. No fiddling between shots. EVERY SHOT, GEOTAGGED Your photos are geotagged on your phone. While your GR is with you, Bowline keeps a private log of where you are and matches each shot to the place you took it, by capture time. SCAN ONCE, DECIDE ANYWHERE Import everything in one touch, or scan the card and take your time. Swipe through what's new and keep or reject each shot with the camera off and back in your bag. JPEG or DNG, your keepers land exactly as shot, in a dedicated Bowline album in Apple Photos. Once every shot is decided, Bowline tells you the card is safe to format. YOUR FILES, UNTOUCHED The originals on your camera are never modified. Bowline imports clean geotagged copies and leaves the card exactly as it found it. BATTERY THAT GOES THE DISTANCE Sync is a short burst you choose to run, so the camera's battery lasts. No silent background transfers, no surprise drain. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no analytics, no third-party data sharing. Your photos and your location are processed on your device and stay under your control. SUPPORTED CAMERAS Built for the Ricoh GR III and GR IV, including all their variants. You will need a Ricoh GR camera to use Bowline. It does not work with other brands. WHY BOWLINE Bowline was built by a GR owner who wanted one focused tool: photos off the camera, tied to the places they were taken, into Apple Photos. Every shot, tied to its place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bowline Sync at 100% against Simple RAW Camera's 55%. Bowline Sync also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Simple RAW Camera's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Simple RAW Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowline Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bowline Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple RAW Camera has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Simple RAW Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bowline Sync's.
Simple RAW Camera ships an update every 2 months, Bowline Sync daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple RAW Camera | Bowline Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (83 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KANAME OHARA | hima aramona |
Customer experience
Simple RAW Camera
Bowline Sync
In-app purchases
Simple RAW Camera
- Full feature option$3.99
Bowline Sync
No in-app purchases
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